Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Cagler, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Cagler registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Isaac Cagler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Cagler
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his X mark Cagler"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsIsaac Cagler reported 6 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 14 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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